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2004 Utah Utes football team

The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. This team was the original 'BCS Buster', meaning, this was the first time that a team from a BCS non-AQ conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games. The team, coached by second-year head football coach Urban Meyer, played its home games in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

2004 Utah Utes football
Mountain West champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 35–7 vs. Pittsburgh
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 4
Record12–0 (7–0 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Sanford (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (10th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,017)
Seasons
← 2003
2005 →
2004 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Utah $   7 0     12 0  
New Mexico   5 2     7 5  
BYU   4 3     5 6  
Wyoming   3 4     7 5  
Air Force   3 4     5 6  
Colorado State   3 4     4 7  
San Diego State   2 5     4 7  
UNLV   1 6     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll
Utah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU, completing a perfect regular season, and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl (hence the sombrero).

Utah finished the season 12–0, the fourth undefeated and untied season in school history. The Utes were one of three teams in the top-level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated (the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers.)

Utah was the highest-ranked BCS non-AQ team in each poll every week of the season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 25:30 pmTexas A&M*No. 20ESPNW 41–2145,419
September 118:00 pmat Arizona*No. 17KJZZW 23–652,790
September 185:00 pmat Utah State*No. 15KJZZW 48–624,750
September 251:00 pmAir Force No. 14
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
ESPN+W 49–3544,043
October 16:00 pmat New MexicoNo. 14ESPN2W 28–740,182
October 168:00 pmNorth Carolina*No. 11
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
KJZZW 46–1645,319
October 235:00 pmUNLVNo. 9
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
KJZZW 63–2840,341
October 307:00 pmat San Diego StateNo. 9KJZZW 51–2832,683
November 67:45 pmColorado StateNo. 7
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
ESPN2W 63–3144,222
November 135:00 pmat WyomingNo. 7ABCW 45–2817,074
November 205:00 pmBYUNo. 5
ESPN2W 52–2145,326
January 16:30 pmvs. No. 19 Pittsburgh*No. 5ABCW 35–773,519
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP2020171514141111997755554
Coaches211916141414111010108866665
BCSNot released76676666Not released

Game summaries

Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 7 0 14 21
#20 Utes 7 20 7 7 41

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Utes 17 0 6 0 23
Wildcats 3 3 0 0 6

Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Utes 20 21 7 0 48
Aggies 0 0 6 0 6

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 7 7 14 7 35
#14 Utes 0 21 14 14 49

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Utes 7 0 14 7 28
Lobos 7 0 0 0 7

North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 7 3 6 0 16
#11 Utes 10 20 7 9 46

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 7 7 7 7 28
#9 Utes 28 14 21 0 63

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Utes 10 24 7 10 51
Aztecs 0 21 0 7 28

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 3 7 0 21 31
#7 Utes 21 21 14 7 63

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Utes 17 14 14 0 45
Cowboys 7 0 7 14 28

BYU

BYU at #5 Utah
1 234Total
BYU 0 1470 21
Utah 7 141714 52
Scoring summary
10:52UTAHSteve Savoy 2-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 7-0
212:13BYUTodd Watkins 5-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)Tied 7-7
29:28UTAHMarty Johnson 5-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 14-7
25:40BYUCurtis Brown 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick)Tied 14-14
21:19UTAHAlex Smith 2-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 21-14
311:43UTAHDavid Carroll 30-yard field goalUTAH 24-14
310:43UTAHBo Nagahi 12-yard fumble return (David Carroll kick)UTAH 31-14
38:38BYUAustin Collie 16-yard pass from John Beck (Matt Payne kick)UTAH 31-21
35:59UTAHSteve Savoy 92-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 38-21
410:34UTAHSteve Savoy 20-yard pass from Alex Smith (David Carroll kick)UTAH 45-21
41:03UTAHSteve Fifta 4-yard run (David Carroll kick)UTAH 52-21

Fiesta Bowl: Utah vs. Pittsburgh

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Panthers 0 0 7 0 7
#5 Utes 7 7 21 0 35
 
2005 Fiesta Bowl

Depth chart

Defensive starters
[1]
FS
Morgan Scalley
Antonio Young
OLB MLB OLB
Spencer Toone Tommy Hackenbruck Corey Dodds
Kyle Brady Taylor Miller Malakai Mokofisi
Grady Marshall
SS
Eric Weddle
Casey Evans
CB
Ryan Smith
Eugene Oates
DE NT T LE
Marques Ledbetter Sione Pouha Steve Fifita Jonathan Fanene
Martail Burnett Tevita Kemoeatu Tevita Kemoeatu Reza Williams
Kite Afeaki Kite Afeaki
CB
Bo Nagahi
Eugene Oates
Offensive starters
[1]
WR
Steve Savoy
Derrek Richards
LT LG C RG RT
Tavo Tupola David Dirkmaat Jesse Boone Chris Kemoeatu Makai Aalona
Jason Voss Eric Pettit Andrew Johnson Kyle Gunther David Dirkmaat
Steve Dahl Jason Boone
TE
Blake Burdette
Willie Sao
WR
Travis LaTendresse
Thomas Huff
WR
Paris Warren
Jerome Wright
WR
John Madsen
Jerome Wright
QB
Alex Smith
Brian Johnson
Fano Tagovailoa
RB
Marty Johnson
Quinton Ganther

Season Statistics

Team

Utah Opp
Scoring 544 234
  Points per game 45.3 19.5
First Downs 305 220
  Rushing 145 90
  Passing 136 103
  Penalty 24 27
Rushing yards 2833 1682
  Avg per play 5.4 3.8
  Avg per game 236.1 140.2
  Rushing touchdowns 36 19
Passing yards 3164 2439
  Att-Comp-Int 344-232-5 372-196-16
  Avg per pass 9.2 6.6
  Avg per catch 13.6 12.4
  Avg per game 263.7 203.2
  Passing touchdowns 33 11
Total offense 5997 4121
  Avg per play 6.9 5.1
  Avg per game 499.8 343.2
Fumbles lost 22–9 19–13
Penalties – yards 88-765 80-693
  Avg per game 63.8 57.8
Team Opp
Punts – yards 45-1878 70-2727
  Avg per Punt 41.7 39.0
Time of possession/game 31:14 28:46
3rd down conversions 80-153 62-177
4th down conversions 9–17 15–25
Touchdowns scored 75 32
Field goals – attempts 7–7 4–11
PAT – attempts 71–75 30–30
Attendance 264670 167479
  Games/Avg per game 6-44112 5-33496
  Neutral Site 1-73519

[1]

Individual Leaders

Passing
Player COMP ATT Pct. YDS TD INT QB Rating
Alex Smith 214 317 .675 2952 32 4 176.52
Brian Johnson 14 21 .667 142 1 1 129.66
Fan Tagovailoa 2 2 1.000 24 - - 305.80
Paris Warren 1 2 .500 21 - - 138.20


Rushing
Player ATT YDS YPC TD
Marty Johnson 165 802 4.9 14
Quinton Ganther 109 654 6.0 2
Alex Smith 135 631 4.7 10
Steve Savoy 22 307 14.0 6
Paris Warren 28 157 5.6 2
Brian Johnson 21 92 4.4 1


Receiving
Player REC YDS YPR TD
Paris Warren 80 1076 13.4 12
Steve Savoy 67 961 14.3 11
Travis Latendresse 27 411 15.2 2
John Madsen 27 377 14.0 5
Quinton Ganther 7 49 7.0 1
Marty Johnson 7 46 6.6 1
Jerome Wright 5 64 12.8 1


Tackles
Player Solo Asst Total TFL Sacks
Spencer Toone 40 75 115 4 1
Tommy Hackenbruck 46 45 91 9.5 4.5
Eric Weddle 47 28 75 4.5 1
Morgan Scalley 27 24 51 2.5 2.5
Marquess Ledbetter 15 31 46 9 4.5
Steve Fifita 23 22 45 9 4.5
Ryan Smith 26 18 44 3 2
Bo Nagahi 31 11 42 2.5 0
Corey Dodds 10 27 37 4 2
Sione Pouha 16 20 36 3 2
Jonathan Fanene 12 10 22 5.5 3


Pass defense
Player INT YDS Broken up
Morgan Scalley 6 79 2
Eric Weddle 4 34 5
Jonathan Fanene 1 76 1
Corey Dodds 1 26 1
Ryan Smith 1 0 7
Sione Pouha 1 0 4
Steve Fifita 1 6 2

[1]

After the season

NFL Draft

Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL Draft:[3]

Awards

National

Conference

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "2004 Season Year in Review". Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2008.
  2. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  3. ^ "NFL Draft History 2005". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2010-04-25.

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The 2004 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the 2004 NCAA Division I A football season This team was the original BCS Buster meaning this was the first time that a team from a BCS non AQ conference was invited to play in one of the BCS bowl games The team coached by second year head football coach Urban Meyer played its home games in Rice Eccles Stadium 2004 Utah Utes footballMountain West championFiesta Bowl championFiesta Bowl W 35 7 vs PittsburghConferenceMountain West ConferenceRankingCoachesNo 5APNo 4Record12 0 7 0 MW Head coachUrban Meyer 2nd season Offensive coordinatorMike Sanford 2nd season Offensive schemeSpread optionDefensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham 10th season Home stadiumRice Eccles Stadium Capacity 45 017 Seasons 20032005 2004 Mountain West Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 4 Utah 7 0 12 0 New Mexico 5 2 7 5 BYU 4 3 5 6 Wyoming 3 4 7 5 Air Force 3 4 5 6 Colorado State 3 4 4 7 San Diego State 2 5 4 7 UNLV 1 6 2 9 Conference champion and BCS representative as top non AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteriaRankings from AP PollUtah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU completing a perfect regular season and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl hence the sombrero Utah finished the season 12 0 the fourth undefeated and untied season in school history The Utes were one of three teams in the top level Division I FBS to finish the season undefeated the others being the USC Trojans and the Auburn Tigers Utah was the highest ranked BCS non AQ team in each poll every week of the season Contents 1 Schedule 2 Rankings 3 Game summaries 3 1 Texas A amp M 3 2 Arizona 3 3 Utah State 3 4 Air Force 3 5 New Mexico 3 6 North Carolina 3 7 UNLV 3 8 San Diego State 3 9 Colorado State 3 10 Wyoming 3 11 BYU 3 12 Fiesta Bowl Utah vs Pittsburgh 4 Depth chart 5 Season Statistics 5 1 Team 5 2 Individual Leaders 6 After the season 6 1 NFL Draft 6 2 Awards 6 2 1 National 6 2 2 Conference 7 See also 8 ReferencesSchedule EditDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 25 30 pmTexas A amp M No 20Rice Eccles StadiumSalt Lake CityESPNW 41 2145 419September 118 00 pmat Arizona No 17Arizona StadiumTucson ArizonaKJZZW 23 652 790September 185 00 pmat Utah State No 15Romney StadiumLogan Utah Battle of the Brothers KJZZW 48 624 750September 251 00 pmAir Force No 14Rice Eccles StadiumSalt Lake CityESPN W 49 3544 043October 16 00 pmat New MexicoNo 14University StadiumAlbuquerque New MexicoESPN2W 28 740 182October 168 00 pmNorth Carolina No 11Rice Eccles StadiumSalt Lake CityKJZZW 46 1645 319October 235 00 pmUNLVNo 9Rice Eccles StadiumSalt Lake CityKJZZW 63 2840 341October 307 00 pmat San Diego StateNo 9Qualcomm StadiumSan DiegoKJZZW 51 2832 683November 67 45 pmColorado StateNo 7Rice Eccles StadiumSalt Lake CityESPN2W 63 3144 222November 135 00 pmat WyomingNo 7War Memorial StadiumLaramie WyomingABCW 45 2817 074November 205 00 pmBYUNo 5Rice Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City Holy War College GameDay ESPN2W 52 2145 326January 16 30 pmvs No 19 Pittsburgh No 5Sun Devil StadiumTempe Arizona Fiesta Bowl ABCW 35 773 519 Non conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time 1 2 Rankings EditSee also 2004 NCAA Division I A football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking WeekPollPre123456789101112131415FinalAP2020171514141111997755554Coaches211916141414111010108866665BCSNot released76676666Not releasedGame summaries EditTexas A amp M Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalAggies 0 7 0 14 21 20 Utes 7 20 7 7 41See also 2004 Texas A amp M Aggies football team Arizona Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 17 Utes 17 0 6 0 23Wildcats 3 3 0 0 6See also 2004 Arizona Wildcats football team Utah State Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 15 Utes 20 21 7 0 48Aggies 0 0 6 0 6See also 2004 Utah State Aggies football team and Battle of the Brothers Air Force Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalFalcons 7 7 14 7 35 14 Utes 0 21 14 14 49See also 2004 Air Force Falcons football team New Mexico Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 14 Utes 7 0 14 7 28Lobos 7 0 0 0 7See also 2004 New Mexico Lobos football team North Carolina Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalTar Heels 7 3 6 0 16 11 Utes 10 20 7 9 46See also 2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team UNLV Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalRebels 7 7 7 7 28 9 Utes 28 14 21 0 63See also 2004 UNLV Rebels football team San Diego State Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 9 Utes 10 24 7 10 51Aztecs 0 21 0 7 28See also 2004 San Diego State Aztecs football team Colorado State Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalRams 3 7 0 21 31 7 Utes 21 21 14 7 63See also 2004 Colorado State Rams football team Wyoming Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 7 Utes 17 14 14 0 45Cowboys 7 0 7 14 28See also 2004 Wyoming Cowboys football team BYU Edit See also 2004 BYU Cougars football team and Holy War BYU Utah BYU at 5 Utah 1 234TotalBYU 0 1470 21 Utah 7 141714 52Date November 20Location Rice Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City UtahGame start 7 00 p m Source 1 Scoring summary10 52UTAHSteve Savoy 2 yard run David Carroll kick UTAH 7 0 212 13BYUTodd Watkins 5 yard pass from John Beck Matt Payne kick Tied 7 7 29 28UTAHMarty Johnson 5 yard run David Carroll kick UTAH 14 7 25 40BYUCurtis Brown 6 yard run Matt Payne kick Tied 14 14 21 19UTAHAlex Smith 2 yard run David Carroll kick UTAH 21 14 311 43UTAHDavid Carroll 30 yard field goalUTAH 24 14 310 43UTAHBo Nagahi 12 yard fumble return David Carroll kick UTAH 31 14 38 38BYUAustin Collie 16 yard pass from John Beck Matt Payne kick UTAH 31 21 35 59UTAHSteve Savoy 92 yard run David Carroll kick UTAH 38 21 410 34UTAHSteve Savoy 20 yard pass from Alex Smith David Carroll kick UTAH 45 21 41 03UTAHSteve Fifta 4 yard run David Carroll kick UTAH 52 21 Fiesta Bowl Utah vs Pittsburgh Edit 1 2 3 4 Total 19 Panthers 0 0 7 0 7 5 Utes 7 7 21 0 35Main article 2005 Fiesta Bowl See also 2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team 2005 Fiesta BowlDepth chart EditDefensive starters 1 FSMorgan ScalleyAntonio Young OLB MLB OLBSpencer Toone Tommy Hackenbruck Corey DoddsKyle Brady Taylor Miller Malakai MokofisiGrady Marshall SSEric WeddleCasey EvansCBRyan SmithEugene Oates DE NT T LEMarques Ledbetter Sione Pouha Steve Fifita Jonathan FaneneMartail Burnett Tevita Kemoeatu Tevita Kemoeatu Reza WilliamsKite Afeaki Kite Afeaki CBBo NagahiEugene OatesOffensive starters 1 WRSteve SavoyDerrek Richards LT LG C RG RTTavo Tupola David Dirkmaat Jesse Boone Chris Kemoeatu Makai AalonaJason Voss Eric Pettit Andrew Johnson Kyle Gunther David DirkmaatSteve Dahl Jason Boone TEBlake BurdetteWillie Sao WRTravis LaTendresseThomas Huff WRParis WarrenJerome Wright WRJohn MadsenJerome WrightQBAlex SmithBrian JohnsonFano TagovailoaRBMarty JohnsonQuinton GantherSeason Statistics Edit2004 Official Stats Team Edit Utah OppScoring 544 234 Points per game 45 3 19 5First Downs 305 220 Rushing 145 90 Passing 136 103 Penalty 24 27Rushing yards 2833 1682 Avg per play 5 4 3 8 Avg per game 236 1 140 2 Rushing touchdowns 36 19Passing yards 3164 2439 Att Comp Int 344 232 5 372 196 16 Avg per pass 9 2 6 6 Avg per catch 13 6 12 4 Avg per game 263 7 203 2 Passing touchdowns 33 11Total offense 5997 4121 Avg per play 6 9 5 1 Avg per game 499 8 343 2Fumbles lost 22 9 19 13Penalties yards 88 765 80 693 Avg per game 63 8 57 8 Team OppPunts yards 45 1878 70 2727 Avg per Punt 41 7 39 0Time of possession game 31 14 28 463rd down conversions 80 153 62 1774th down conversions 9 17 15 25Touchdowns scored 75 32Field goals attempts 7 7 4 11PAT attempts 71 75 30 30Attendance 264670 167479 Games Avg per game 6 44112 5 33496 Neutral Site 1 73519 1 Individual Leaders Edit PassingPlayer COMP ATT Pct YDS TD INT QB RatingAlex Smith 214 317 675 2952 32 4 176 52Brian Johnson 14 21 667 142 1 1 129 66Fan Tagovailoa 2 2 1 000 24 305 80Paris Warren 1 2 500 21 138 20 RushingPlayer ATT YDS YPC TDMarty Johnson 165 802 4 9 14Quinton Ganther 109 654 6 0 2Alex Smith 135 631 4 7 10Steve Savoy 22 307 14 0 6Paris Warren 28 157 5 6 2Brian Johnson 21 92 4 4 1 ReceivingPlayer REC YDS YPR TDParis Warren 80 1076 13 4 12Steve Savoy 67 961 14 3 11Travis Latendresse 27 411 15 2 2John Madsen 27 377 14 0 5Quinton Ganther 7 49 7 0 1Marty Johnson 7 46 6 6 1Jerome Wright 5 64 12 8 1 TacklesPlayer Solo Asst Total TFL SacksSpencer Toone 40 75 115 4 1Tommy Hackenbruck 46 45 91 9 5 4 5Eric Weddle 47 28 75 4 5 1Morgan Scalley 27 24 51 2 5 2 5Marquess Ledbetter 15 31 46 9 4 5Steve Fifita 23 22 45 9 4 5Ryan Smith 26 18 44 3 2Bo Nagahi 31 11 42 2 5 0Corey Dodds 10 27 37 4 2Sione Pouha 16 20 36 3 2Jonathan Fanene 12 10 22 5 5 3 Pass defensePlayer INT YDS Broken upMorgan Scalley 6 79 2Eric Weddle 4 34 5Jonathan Fanene 1 76 1Corey Dodds 1 26 1Ryan Smith 1 0 7Sione Pouha 1 0 4Steve Fifita 1 6 2 1 After the season EditNFL Draft Edit Utah had five players taken in the 2005 NFL Draft 3 Player Position Round Pick NFL clubAlex Smith Quarterback 1 1 San Francisco 49ersSione Pouha Defensive tackle 3 88 New York JetsChris Kemoeatu Offensive guard 6 204 Pittsburgh SteelersParis Warren Wide receiver 7 225 Tampa Bay BuccaneersJonathan Fanene Defensive end 7 233 Cincinnati BengalsAwards Edit National Edit Urban Meyer The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Woody Hayes National Coach of the Year Maxwell George Munger Award Alex Smith Heisman finalist fourth place The Sporting News National Player of the Year Sports Illustrated National Player of the Year Cingular Sports ABC Sports All American SI com All American first team CoSIDA Football Academic All American of the Year Davey O Brien Award finalist Walter Camp Award finalist Chris Kemoeatu Cingular Sports ABC Sports All American SI com All American first team Morgan Scalley SI com All American second team CoSIDA Academic All American first team Anson Mount Scholar Athlete of the Year Bronko Nagurski National Player of the Week Pat Tillman Award East West Shrine Game honor Steve Savoy SI com All American second team The Sporting News All American honorable mention Ryan Smith The Sporting News Freshman All American second team Spencer Toone CoSIDA Academic All District VIII first teamConference Edit Coach of the Year Urban Meyer Offensive Player of the Year Alex Smith Co defensive Player of the Year Morgan Scalley All MWC First team Alex Smith Steve Savoy Chris Kemoeatu Steve Fifita Sione Pouha Morgan Scalley All MWC Second team Paris Warren Marty Johnson Jesse Boone Eric Weddle All MWC Honorable mention Makai Aalona Quinton Ganther Tommy Hackenbruck Matt Kovacevich Spencer TooneSee also EditList of undefeated Division I football teamsReferences Edit a b c d e 2004 Season Year in Review Archived from the original PDF on July 13 2011 Retrieved February 4 2008 Ute Record Book PDF University of Utah Retrieved October 21 2009 NFL Draft History 2005 ESPN com Retrieved 2010 04 25 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 Utah Utes football team amp oldid 1146651158, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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